India's WC challenge over as Arjun goes down to Wei
Mumbai, Nov. 20 -- After flying smoothly in a tournament where its top prospects suffered a bumpy ride, Arjun Erigaisi's game and body language met with turbulence at possibly the worst time for him.
It took out the second seed in the quarter-finals of the FIDE World Cup, crushed his goal of getting into the Candidates from being -- much like in the previous World Cup -- within touching distance of it, and left no Indian in the last four in Goa.
With less than 40 seconds left on the clock in the second apid tie-break game with Chinese Grandmaster Wei Yi, Erigaisi's face oozed nerves. His eyes kept peeking towards the clock that, on a rare occasion through the past three weeks, wasn't his friend. His left hand, so secure and swift in moving ...
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